ON1 Photo RAW 2018 is looking mighty fine! As many of you may know, I am a guest coach and ON1 Guru. That means I work alongside the ON1 team to bring education to their platform. They are a wonderful group of people to work with, and they have done a phenomenal job...

My Top Three Favorite Camera Accessories! For your awareness, this is not an affiliate marketing post. I am sharing what I think are the essential products for your camera, and I am not endorsing any one brand for the sake of making money on link clicks. I buy a lot...

A Zero Distortion Wide Angle Lens… Is it too good to be true? When I first heard about the Laowa 12mm Wide Angle lens on Kickstarter last year, I had to check it out for myself. The company, Venus Optics, claimed a near zero distortion wide angle lens. If you...

A Review of the Tamrac Anvil Slim 15 and the Corona 20 Camera Bags I have been using Tamrac bags for quite a while. My first and most favorite bag (until now) was the old Tamrac Adventurer bag. It got me through quite a few Workshops and, as the name implies,...

The 247 Holster Bag, perfect for small trips with a very small camera! I don’t always go out without my big clunky DSLR, but when I do I take my mirrorless camera setup. For this I usually grab my Sony a6000 with the Sony 55-210 lens. Sometimes I just throw...

Something I have never done until the Sony Time-lapse App I have always had a desire to shoot a time-lapse I just never got around to it. You see for me, I normally shoot with one camera. It makes things less complicated and allows me to enjoy the scene when I am...

The Megapixel Monsters: Canon 5Ds vs Sony A7RII Several weeks ago I rented the Canon 5Ds and the Sony a7RII with the Zeiss 16-35. I will say that I was extremely impressed with the Sony and much less flattered by what Canon has given us in the last year. While both...

The Sony a7RII is a game changer! As many of you know, if you have been following my posts for the last year or so, I have been on the teetering edge of jumping to Sony Mirrorless from Canon Full Frame. The Sony a7RII has had me drooling since I saw the specs on it...

Not Just a Texture Effects Engine, Quite Possibly an Artistic Workflow Workhorse Topaz Labs just launched their newest software addition, Topaz Labs Texture Effects! While the name implies this is a Texture based application plugin, I can assure you it is much more....

On1 Effects 10 is pretty OnPoint It was almost a year ago that I took a good solid look at On1’s Perfect Effects 9. The new On1 Effects 10 was released last week and I have had the luxury of taking a look at all of its new features. It may not seem like much...